n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes interpolated workflow-controlled index and document identifiers directly into REST request paths. An identifier containing path separators or dot segments could select another index or a cluster administration endpoint under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The affected request construction includes packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts and the missing toPathSegment encoding. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00323.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n8n-io n8n affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 2.38.0, < 2.38.2 affected —
>= 2.0.0, < 2.37.7 affected —
< 1.123.76 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes interpolated workflow-controlled index and document identifiers directly into REST request paths. An identifier containing path separators or dot segments could select another index or a cluster administration endpoint under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The affected request construction includes packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts and the missing toPathSegment encoding. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
Title n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T15:13:30.345Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T19:34:03.100Z

Link: CVE-2026-86079

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T15:13:27.481Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T22:19:16.813

Modified: 2026-09-09T16:17:14.263

Link: CVE-2026-86079

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T09:15:07Z

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